Fever Pitch

Crash Landed on KDramas

1. Continuing from episode 4 where we focussed on the different worlds portrayed in KDramas, in today’s episode we discuss the world of Medical (Fever) and Sports (Pitch) depicted in KDramas.
2. What aspects were shown well and what new aspects were a revelation to us? Did it give us a good insight into the workings in Korea?
3. What professions/industries caught your eye while watching KDramas? Leave us your comments in the links below.
   

Professions and Dramas Discussed in this Episode:

1. Medical - Dr Romantic , Descendants of the Sun, It’s Okay to Not be Okay, It’s Okay That’s Love, Kill Me Heal Me, Beautiful Mind, Hospital Ship, Emergency Couple
2. Sports : Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo, Hot Stove League, Wild Romance, Fight for my Way
   

Corrigendum: It’s Okay That’s Love drama aired in 2014. It was incorrectly quoted as a 2012 drama in this episode.

Some of the Scenes we mentioned in this Episode:

1. Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo: a) Jun-Hyung finds Bok-Joo depressed , b) Bok Joo rescues Jun-Hyung
2. Hot Stove League: a) Trailer b) Park Eun-Bin does not take any crap from the player
3. Dr. Romantic/Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim: MERS scene
4. A Beautiful Mind: A glimpse into Jang Hyuk’s character
5. It’s Okay That’s Love: a)A long trailer - b) One of the emotional interactions between Jae Yeol and Kang Woo
6. Kill Me, Heal Me: a) Ji Sung’s 7 personalities in Kill Me, Heal Me - b) One of the character transformations of Ji Sung
7. It’s Okay To Not Be Okay: Go Moon Yeong and Moon Sang Tae fighting over the book

References:

1. Jang Mi-Ran: Olympian weightlifter from Korea who was the inspiration for WeightLifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo
2. What is the Hot Stove League?
   

Music Credits: Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/mood-maze/trendsetter. License code: LU8KUCTYYYAA2KKL

Cover Art: Purva Bakalkar

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